New York, March 19, IRNA - Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Eshaq Al Habib in a letter warned the Israeli regime against taking any measure against Iran, saying the country will not hesitate to do self-defense in this regard.

Tehran, March 19, IRNA - Iranian Academic and Political Analyst Mohammad Marandi revealed the West’s crimes in the region saying the regional countries should not be apologetic to the West for their crimes.

Moscow, March 19, IRNA - Iran, Russia and Turkey, the three countries that set up Astana talks to bring a resolution to the war in Syria, have held working-level talks on exchange of detainees and kidnapped individuals during the last eight years of Syrian conflict.

Tehran, March 19, IRNA - Kazakhstan’s 79-year-old President Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned on Tuesday after three decades in power, saying his oil-rich Central Asian nation now needed “a new generation of leaders”.

Tehran, March 19, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the ongoing situation in Venezuela, and said both countries need to help international efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis.

Islamabad, March 19, IRNA -- Former Chairman of Pakistani Senate on Tuesday strongly condemned and expressed serious concerns over the statement of US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo against Pakistan’s nuclear program, local media reported.